#so basically he's a lanceman who has all the magicks

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PLAYER TRUST AVATAR - Niko’to Nagatani

Selection VO Line: “ Of course. “

Job: White Mage/Dragoon Hybrid, some magicks borrowed from other casters

Weapon: Custom Pike imbued with crystals aspected to each element to channel magicks, and forged with white auracite shards in the blade and tip to cripple Ascians on engagement.

AI Behaviour: Generally sticks close to the tank in trash pulls and on the target’s rear-flank in boss fights. On pull, will immediately Jump the tank’s primary target and then close in with Dragonfire Dive after landing back where he was if the tank has established enmity on all targets near enough the primary target to be hit by Dragonfire Dive’s AoE. Will maintain 100% uptime with Regen on the tank and also slap it on anyone else who takes damage but is not in immediate threat of sustaining more. When allies are healthy, he will perform standard Dragoon combos and maintain Disembowel + Chaos Thrust. When disengaged from an enemy due to dodging mechanics, will cast Thundaga, followed by Blizzaja and three casts of Firaja, unless the boss has become safe to attack from melee range again, at which point he will close the gap with Spineshatter Dive. When allies are in need of healing, he will cease all damage output and first apply Divine Benison to the target most in need of healing, before deciding what to cast. If the whole party needs healing and is stacked, he will move to them if he is not among them and cast Curaga, if they are not he will cast Medicara, weave Assize, and pop Afflatus Rapture if he has access to it- if not he will cast Medica. If only one or two targets need healing, he will pop Tetragrammaton or Afflatus Solace on them if he can, then cast Cura on targets below 50% HP and Cure on targets above 50%, alternating targets if both are safe from further damage to heal them evenly- may focus healing on one if one is about to take further damage. (I’m sorry healing is complicated okay, like it’s not hard but there’s layers here)

If the tank dies, will first cast Mighty Guard on self, Dragonfire Dive the tank’s former primary target to establish himself as makeshift tank, then begin casting Raise on the tank as enemies attack him. May heal himself if needed after the Raise cast is finished, then heal the tank to full before dropping Mighty Guard. If any other ally dies, he will simply Raise them once nobody else is in need of healing.

Quotes “ Lead, and I shall follow. “ - Starting an instance, does not always play “ Here goes! “ - Beginning attack “ Hup! “ - Using jumps, v1 “ Hiyuh! “ - Using jumps, v2 “ Have no fear, I will protect you. “ - Emergency healing “ What happened to you? “ - Raising DPS “ I suppose the time for this has come... “ - Casting Mighty Guard “ I am sorry, I have failed in my duty to you. “ - Raising Tank

“ All will be well. “ - LB1 “ You will walk away from this alive. “ - LB2 “ We will make it through this, I promise. “ - LB3 “ I will NOT let it end here...! “ - LB in desperation “ Oh...dear. “ - KO’d, v1 “ My...I suppose I aught rest. “ - KO’d, v2 “ Mistakes were made, t’would seem... “ - Revived, v1 “ Thank you, I will walk it off. “ - Revived, v2

Misc./Notes Available in all instances, but will move more slowly in hot places such as Halatali and other places in Thanalan, and may spout random dialogue about it being too hot and how he generally has disdain for all things Thanalan. If brought into Doma Castle, his dialogue will become pensive, and he will don a mask so as not to be recognised by his people as the one who dares to rock the boat and overthrow the Garleans in case he should fail and merely anger the Garleans and put those who know him in harm’s way.